India, China Strategic Cooperation Must For Changing World

But, strangely, even after not firing a single shot on the borders after 1962 - the only war we fought with China in the last 1,000 years - India remains warped in defensive postures and hesitant to open up to the new Chinese realities.

None speaks warmly to increase people-to-people contact with China, no plans to build up more confidence measures, no enthusiasm to understand, befriend and know Chinese culture, youth, societal dynamics and their rural strains, the literature they are creating and the movies and paintings Chinese artists experiment with.

It's a wrong approach of the ignorant.

The best way to keep the fires cooler on the Himalayan border for us is to pursue a policy of 'vigil and visit'. Go China is the mantra for a confident and courageous India. Be cautious at the same time UC, VC, LC, i.e., 'Understand China, Visit China, Learn Chinese'.

An ignorant nation can be street-smart rhetorical but not prudently strong and mature in its defences.

We must look from this viewpoint at the China visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It's India that is talking to China and not any individual. And it is in the interest of the changing world that India and China write a success story on strategic relations.
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